A doctor identified as the father of late TV star Alan Thicke is not challenging allegations that he engaged in professional misconduct towards more than a dozen women over several decades.Dr. Brian Christopher Thicke has pleaded no contest before a disciplinary committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario to two breaches of the Medical Act.The 90-year-old is not disputing that he engaged in an act or omission relevant to the practice of medicine that would be considered disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional.He’s also pleaded no contest to another, historical version of the same charge.Thicke had initially faced allegations of sexual abuse and sexual impropriety, but those were withdrawn at Tuesday’s hearing.An uncontested statement of facts presented at the hearing lays out incidents involving 14 patients and one colleague, some of them dating back to the 1970s.Many of the patients were undergoing medical exams to obtain pilot’s licences or jobs as flight attendants, while a few others were teenagers who attended Thicke’s family practice, the committee heard.The statement said Thicke conducted breast exams on several patients without obtaining informed consent or explaining why the exams were necessary, and at times without giving them privacy to change clothes or a gown to cover themselves.At times he also made inappropriate comments, the statement said: referring to his patients’ breasts as “boobs” or “boobies,” commenting on their appearances and at one point telling a teen who requested a prescription for birth control it was not a licence for promiscuity.The statement also said that while working in a hospital in 1977, Thicke approached a coworker who was bottle-feeding a baby, slid his hand into her uniform and squeezed her breast.Lawyer Elisabeth Widner, who represents the college, described it as “one of the most egregious forms of sexual harassment in the workplace. ...
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